The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-20
WORK AND WAGES.


Matters of Interest to the People of the
Industrial World.
Every thinker knows that the man who
would succeed must do more work than he gets
paid for, in every profession and trade. We
take it for granted that the man who will do
only twenty dollars worth of work week
because his salary is but twenty dollars a week,
will never get more than twenty dollarsa week,
for the simple reason that he has never shown
his employer that he is worth more.
We figure it that an employee who means
to succeed has to do from ten to
twenty per cent. more work than he
gets actual pay for. This he has to do
until he reaches certain point, and, hay
ing reached that point, he will find
that by as much as his income has increased by
so much has the demand for amount and lnten-
sity of his labor diminished. To put this theory
into figures, we will say that a man receiving
twenty dollars a week should do thirty dollars
worth of work a man receiving thirty dollars
should do forty dollars worth of work. and SO
on until, say, the salary reaches seventy-fve
dollars, and then the laborer can give himself
somewhat of rest-that is to say, about fifty
dollars worth of work will satisfy his employer.
Labor brings its market value and is seldom
over-paid, oftener under-paid. 1t is the ex-
perience-the "Know-How," that brings the
money.-ErchGnge.
About two years ago firm of silk
manufacturers at Northampton, Mass, began
sinking an artesian well there. 1t has now
reached depth of $40 feet. All but 200 feet
of the boring has been through sandstone. The
Northampton Herald says of the work. When
the sandstone was first reached it was thought
that at depth of $50 feet that would be the
last of it, but when this depth had been at
tanned and the sandstone still continued, it was
then predicted that by the time the drill had
gone down ,250 feet it would be through this
stratum, but not SO; and again another predic-
ton was in order, and 800 feet was the depth
named. But now the best biologists are at a
loss what to say. The well is now the deepest
in the country, and, with one or two excep-
tions, the deepest in the world.
The interstate commerce law is re
ported to have had an unfortunate effect upon
the stone qua-ries at Marlborough, Mass,
Six thousand tons of paving block are stand
ing beside the railroad tracks waiting for SOM
modification in the law. The quarries hay
been running with 100 men, but relief
essential to the continuation of the business
Large contracts had been made for pawn
blocks to be shipped to Cincinnati at formc
profit of fifteen cents per yard The nev
tariff to Cincinnati increases the rate fit,
cents per yard, involving net loss of thirty
five cents yard. Recently an order for LOO
cars. or 10000 tons. was necessarily ref,,sed
under the increased rates.
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Inc supreme Court OF vermont has an
nounced its decision in the famous case of Tho
Ryegate stonecutters' conspiracy. growing out
of the attempt of the workmen TO prevent the
employment of other workmen and to deter
.nem from WORKING Dy announcing them a.
scaps anu threatening 10 make tnem pun
ncy ou,ous as sucn. Inc oeclsion OF tne Su'
prenie oourt Is tna1 conspiracy among work
men W prevent otners from WORKING or from
peing nireu IS crime at common law ant
punisnaDie unoer the statutes OF vermont.
The LARGEST object in iron avar forrad
in this country was taken from the works OF
1ne Driuseporc forge company on Cedar creek
TUESDAY morning. IL was the completed com
piheo sore" frame ana rudder post for the
ocean steamer Wisconsin, 6OOO tons. The
wide, weighs over 10000 pounds, and is an ex.
act counterpart of the post and frame taken
from:the disabled steamer, and which lies or
S,ond dooi'u near 'ne rofee k'-'''ags'0''
erfnl dynamo in the ,vor,d pos+on ,od -
s.aIes' was Quilt ABOUT a year ago oy CHARLES